I've got one that seems to have a snail cam inside - when it fires, the
'probe' comes out very slowly and smoothly. Nice. You still have to adjust
the amount of travel to avoid any damage. Set it by trial and error,
increasing the travel until it only just triggers the shutter.
AndrewF
>Amen to that. They're called Autoknips and very violent in action they are
>too. I remember playing with them on the counter when I was a photographic
>salesman and watching them jump. I can't imagine any shutter needing that
>much 'fire power' to release it and I would never risk using one on any
>camera of mine.
>
>John H warned us a while ago about the damage a soft release could inflict
>to a linkage in some OMs and I'd assume the same danger exists with
>operating one of these things if you forget to wind on.
>
>OTOH you could safely use one if you set it up to close a switch on the end
>of a lead plugged into a Winder RC socket.
>
>Regards,
>- Keith Berry
>
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>
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